Sec. 534.011. PERSONNEL

(a) The executive director, in accordance with the policies of the board of trustees, shall employ and train personnel to administer the community center's programs and services. The community center may recruit those personnel and contract for recruiting and training purposes.

(b) The board of trustees shall provide employees of the community center with appropriate rights, privileges, and benefits.

(c) The board of trustees may provide workers' compensation benefits.

(d) The board of trustees shall prescribe the number of employees and their salaries. The board of trustees may choose to set salaries and benefits in compliance with a market analysis or internal salary study. If an internal salary study is used, the board of trustees shall conduct the study in accordance with the guidelines established by the commissioner.

(e) Instead of using a market analysis or internal salary study to establish salaries and benefits, the board of trustees may use the state position classification plan and the General Appropriations Act to determine the appropriate classification and relative compensation of officers and employees. The board of trustees may pay salaries in amounts less than those provided by the General Appropriations Act. For a position not on the classification plan, the board of trustees shall set the compensation according to guidelines adopted by the commissioner. The board of trustees may petition the department for approval to exclude a position from the position classification plan and to provide a stated salary for that position that exceeds the amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for the classified position.

(f) During a management audit of a community center, the department is entitled to confirm the method the center used to determine salaries and benefits.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 6.17, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.